THERE was jubilation at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport yesterday when the Zambia Airways aircraft DHC Q400 landed in Lusaka where it was handed over to the Zambian government through Transport and Logistics Minister Frank Tayali. The plane touched down at the KKIA at exactly 13:30 hours and was given a water gun salute by the...

INSPECTOR General of Police Lemmy Kajoba has urged Victim Support Unit officers to provide appropriate professional services to victims of gender-based violence at the initial stage. In a speech read on his behalf by Deputy Inspector General of Police Administration Doris Chibombe during the official opening of the Zambia Police training on Gender Based Violence...

THE Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) says the outcome of the petition process is necessary for democracy to thrive as it validates the credibility of an election. And ECZ says it processed nominations based on academic credentials authenticated by bodies mandated to do so because it has no mandate to deal with academic qualifications. Transparency...

FORMER PF Chairman for elections Yamfwa Mukanga says if parliamentary seats of his party continue being nullified, the country is headed for a one-party state. In an interview, Mukanga wondered why only the PF seats were being targeted. “It is not good for us to have a system where we page out the opposition. Because...

UPND Spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa says the party is happy with the nullification of some parliamentary seats because it proves that PF was indeed involved in electoral grand corruption during campaigns. And Mweetwa says the fight against corruption is not a political crusade. Speaking during a press briefing, Tuesday, Mweetwa said the nullification of seats should...

FIRST Deputy Speaker Attractor Chisangano has reserved ruling on a point of order raised by Solwezi East UPND member of parliament Alex Katakwe on whether Kabushi PF member of parliament Bowman Lusambo is in order to be in the House following the nullification of his seat. And Chisangano has ordered Home Affairs and Internal Security...

MATERO PF member of parliament Miles Sampa says imposing a new PF president will result in the former ruling partly having an unpopular leader. In an interview, Sampa said stopping those wishing to vie for the party presidency is tantamount to stifling democracy. “At the end of the day, the best outcome is who the...

THE Zambia Airways national airline will commence its operations on December 1, 2021 from its hub in Lusaka to domestic destinations of Livingstone and Ndola. According to a statement issued by the management of Zambia Airways Limited, the airline would introduce additional domestic routes to Mfuwe and Solwezi and add regional destinations, Johannesburg and Harare,...

RAINBOW Party general secretary Wynter Kabimba says some of the appointed permanent secretaries have no idea on how to run the government. In an interview, Kabimba said there was no time for trial and error adding that there would be consequences of that. "It is a very interesting selection because a good number of them...

ENERGY Minister Peter Kapala says Zesco's delay in connecting premises has been due to limited resources for the procurement of connection materials. Responding to questions in Parliament by Chienge Independent member of parliament Given Katuta on why some residents who paid for electricity connections in 2014 have not had power connected to their premises in...